I’ve been staring at this pic trying to find something positive to write. I might like the length? I don’t like any of this. Not even the shoes. The fabric is too shiny and billowy. I hate the shoulders and the two strips of whatever that is across her waist.

Now I cannot unsee that. Also, after reading the Fugs’ suggestion that it’s a fancy hospital gown, I keep think that if she turned around, I’d see her bare back and underwear exposed — an image which is causing me to giggle every time I look at the picture.

I think Mouse may be on to something in suggesting that the dress may be on backwards.

As for me, I love the colors (always a fan of teal/turquoise shades), but it’s like the bathing version of Scarlett O’Hara’s dress made from Miss Ellen’s po’teers. “Oh no!” cried China. “I have nothing to wear to the party tonight!” Hastily wrapping a shower curtain around herself, she peered under the bathroom sink to in search of inspiration. She located some white medical tape next to the Ace bandages and applied it artfully in sections of twin stripes to hold her new frock together. “There,” China thought to herself, fluffing up the back of her neo-toga. “That’ll work.”

I’m an ICU nurse in real life, and FYI the gowns at the hospital where I work are better looking than this.

The hospital gowns are a similar blue-green that flatters most complexions, but our gowns don’t have that ugly blotchy pattern. And the hospital gowns have sleek, simple lines, instead of huge ruffles that add bulk to the torso. And the hospital gowns don’t have those hideous little strip of reflective tape or whatever they are, just some simple matching ties. Etc.

Even if it were the world’s prettiest hospital gown (and I share Bottle Ginger’s doubts on that point), it’s still supposed to be worn IN THE HOSPITAL. Unless maybe this is also the world’s coolest hospital, where they throw evening pool parties to celebrate your recovery, in which case carry on. At least until your insurance refuses to cover the cater-waiters and champagne, anyway.